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The Fall of the USSR

Question 1 • Online World History B

Why did demonstrators deface the KGB monument in Moscow?

Answer
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to express support for the hard-liners
B
to call for a return to Gorbachev’s reforms
C
to celebrate the end of Communist control
D
to denounce the new president and his policies

Explanation

The KGB monument honored Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Soviet secret police. After the failed hard-line coup in August 1991, demonstrators defaced the monument to celebrate the collapse of Communist authority and the end of Communist control.

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